The El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon

ISBN-13: 9781108445702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 383 str.

Edward S. Sarachik; Mark A. Cane

Opis

An introduction to understanding the ENSO phenomenon, given in an observational and theoretical context, and exploring its predictability and impacts.

Recenzje

"This book is an excellent complement to Philander’s 1990 textbook...The writing has plenty of humor, is self-deprecating, and is easy to read. I found the book to be an excellent text for graduate teaching, and I plan on using it as required text in the ENSO course I will teach this coming Fall." - Ben Kirtman, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July 2011 issue

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Preview; 2. The observational basis; 3. The equations of motion and some simplifications; 4. Boundary layers on both sides of the tropical ocean surface; 5. Atmospheric processes; 6. Ocean processes; 7. ENSO mechanisms; 8. ENSO prediction and short term climate prediction; 9. ENSO, past and future, or ENSO by proxy and ENSO in the tea leaves; 10. Using ENSO information; 11. Postview; Appendix 1. Some useful numbers; Appendix 2. The parabolic cylinder functions; Appendix 3. Modal and non-modal growth; References; Index.